Attachment for stoves or ranges



(No Model.)

0. B. TEPFT.

ATTAGHMENT FOR STOVES OR RANGES. 4 No. 404.748. Patented June 4, 1889.

wllr'lessesz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cHAELEs B. TEFFT, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES OR RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,748, dated June 4, 1889.

Application filed January 29, 1889. Serial No. 297,934. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES B. TEFFT, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Stoves or Ranges; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments for stoves and ranges; and it consists in the combination, with the fire-pot of a cooking stove or range, of a garbage-receptacle, which may either be attached to the stove or range or formed as a part thereof, the stove or range and the garbage-receptacle being provided with suitable dampers, so that the products of combustion may beturned through the garbage-receptacle or not, as may be preferred.

The object of myinvention is to provide an attachment for cooking stoves or ranges, and in which attachment garbage, sweepings, kitchen-scrapin gs, and dirt may be placed and consumed, either by the direct action of the products of combustion or by heat radiated from the fire-pot.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a cooking stove or range embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective of my attachment alone.

i A represents an ordinary cooking stove or range, which is provided with the fire-pot B, in the usual manner. Either formed as a part of the stove orrange or attached thereto at one end of the fire-pot is the garbage-receptacle E, which may open directly into one end of the fire-pot, or which may be separated therefrom by a perforated, grated, or a solid partition F, as shown in Fig. 2.

If the garbage-receptacle E is made as a part of the stove or range in the first instance, the top of the stove will be made to extend over the top of the receptacle, and a suitable opening Will be made through the end of the fire-pot next to the receptacle E, so that the products of combustion can pass directly into or through the receptacle, as may be desired.

There will also be formed an oblong opening X through the top of the stove, so that'the garbage can be emptied into the receptacle E; but in case the receptacle is not formed as a part of the stove or range an opening will be made through its front edge, through which the garbage is to be passed, and this opening will be closed by a door which is provided with flanges along its edges, so as to form a chute to guide the garbage directly into the receptacle.

If the receptacle E is not formed as a part of the stove or range itself, and it is desired to attach the receptacle to the stove, it may be bolted or secured to the stove in any suitable manner, and if so desired an opening a may be formed through the end of the fire-pot. As a general thing enough heat is radiated through the partition F between the receptacle and the fire-pot to cause an evaporation of all of the moisture in the garbage and to destroy the garbage.

In the lower portion of the receptacle E is placed a tilting grate G, and through the bottom-of the receptacle is made a door or opening, through which all of the residue from the garbage may be removed. If the receptacle has been formed as a part of the stove or range, an opening 0 will be formed through the side of the stove under the grate H, so that all that falls through the grate G will drop directly into the ash-box of the stove. As here shown, the grate G of the receptacle is placed at a greater elevation than the grate II in the fire-pot B, and an opening a is formed below the partition F, so that the products of combustion can pass from the firepot directly through the receptacle E when the damper I, located in the upper back part of the receptacle, is opened for this purpose. When this damper I is closed, no passage of the products of combustion through the receptacle toward the stove-pipe L can take place; but the products of combustion must pass to the pipe L through the dampers J; or

M, which are provided for this purpose? If the damper J is opened and the dampers I M- are closed, the products of combustion pass directly to the pipe E; but if the dampers I and J are closed then the products of combustion pass down around the oven and escape to the pipe L through the damper M. If the two dampers J M are closed and the damper I is opened, then the products of combustion pass through the receptacle Efor the purpose of consuming any garbage which may be 5 placed therein.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim In a stove or range, the firepot provided with the grate H in its bottom, the garbage- IO receptacle E, applied to one side of the stove at the end of the fire-pot, the partition l placed between the fire-pot and receptacle, and

provided with the opening a aboxe the grate for the products of combustion to pass through and the opening 0 below the grate for the refuse to pass through, the damper l, the grate G, and the stove-pipe, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my sign atnre in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES 1-3. TEFFT.

itnesscs:

1). VAUGHAN ELY, b. E. LAWRENQE. 

